Everytown for Gun Safety

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Super-Charged ‘Stand Your Ground’ Bill Could Make It Even Harder To Prosecute More George Zimmermans

Stand your Ground promotes vigilantism and declares open season for killing people of colorlike Trayvon Martin and Jordan Davis, who was shot and killed by Michael Dunn for playing loud music. And when Marissa Alexander was sentenced to 20 years in prison for firing a warning shot during a domestic dispute with her abusive husband, her case highlighted howpeople of color don’t reap the benefits of Stand Your Ground legislation. Research also shows that states with Stand Your Ground laws have more homicides than ones that don’t.

[Everytown for Gun Safety]

NRA lobbyists are about to go BIG on their “guns everywhere” agenda – and they’re kicking it off in Florida, their go-to testing ground for their latest dangerous policies.

REBLOG to help shut down this dangerous agenda at the source before it spreads to YOUR state.

[Everytown for Gun Safety]

Help Stop ‘Stand Your Ground’ in Ohio

Extremist state lawmakers in Columbus want to enact the first new Stand Your Ground law since the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin in 2012. A key State Senate committee could vote on this dangerous bill any day now.

We need the senators considering this bill to vote NO. We need to make sure they hear our voices before they vote on legislation that could unnecessarily endanger our families.

Make your voice heard!